The Sunshine State is set to become the home for Australia's largest solar farm, to be built south-west of Toowoomba. Developer Solar Choice plans to start construction next year on the project which, when fully completed, would be capable of producing 2,000 megawatts (MW) - more power than any one coal-fired power station in Queensland. The proposal would see the solar farm built in multiple 100MW-plus stages over a period of 8 years. Solar Choice managing director Angus Gemmell said the approval 'milestone' comes after 18 months of planning. "It's almost mind-boggling large, just the width of the project is 8 kilometres," he said. "That's a lot of panels."

Elizabeth Elliott is a professor of paediatrics and child health at the University of Sydney. She gave evidence to the Human Rights Commission's report into children in detention, and made a site visit to Christmas Island's detention centre.

The High Court has delivered a slap-down to the Government by ordering a Pakistani refugee be granted a visa, but his case is the lucky exception - he got in just before the gate was bolted shut.

If he arrived by boat now, he wouldn't have any hope of achieving the same outcome because of Migration Act amendments and the Government's determination to do whatever it takes to never let another boat person in.